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E. FRANKLIN.

COMBINED COTTON PRESS AND GIN EUWEE.

No.. 265,402.. Patented 001;. 3, 1882..

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STATES PATENT Ormea.

EDWARD FRANKLIN, O F THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, ASSIGrNORl TO HIMSELF AND "WILLIAM REYNOLDS, OF SAME PLAGE. l

COMBINED' COTTON-PRESS AND GIN-POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,402, dated October 3, 1882.

Application led August 521, 1882. (No model.)

To all w/tom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD FRANKLIN, of Thomasville, in the county of Thomas and State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Combined Cotton-Press and Gin-Power, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of attachments to a horse-power cotton-press, whereby the same 1o power mayalso be utilized for driving the gin and other machinery, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan viewofa horse-power press with attachments as I propose for utilizing the same power mechanism that is employed for zo the press to work the gin also and other machinery. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same.

My invention relates to that kind of a cotton-press in which the case a, head l), follower c, and the screw d for working the followerc are made to revolve on the vertical pivot e by the horses hitched to the sweepf for screwing the follower down in a stationary nut, g, attached to the frame above the press-case.

3o l propose to apply a drum or Wheel, t', to the ease ot' the press, with a cog-rim, j, for drivin g the counter-shaft 7c and pulley Z by the pinion m for a means of gearing with thecotton-gin to drive it, and I also construct said drum with a band-rim, a, to drive a vertical counter-shaft, o, by a belt, p, for working a cotton-whipper or other machinery, thus enabling me to utilizc one power apparatus for accomplishing the work for which two have been used heretofore.

ln order to disconnect the counter-shaft k 4o when working the press and not working the gin, I arrange one end of said shaft in the lever q for lifting aud holding it out of gear when required. and I also propose to mount the shaft 0 in the shifting-levers 1^ to be set by pins s for .i 5 tightening and slackening the belt p, as required.

Having thus fully described myiuvention, Il claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 5o l. rIhe combination, with a power-press of the character herein described, of a drum or wheel, t', attached to the press-case and arranged for utilizing the power apparatus ofthe pressV for driving other machinery, substantially as described.

2, The drum or wheel z', lixed to the presscase a, combined with a pulley-shaft, 7c, having gear m, the shaft being journaled in a lever, q, for being lifted out of gear with wheel t', 6o substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

3. The shaft o,journaled in levers r, pivoted in the frame, which is slotted to allow swing of the shaft for adjusting the tension of the drive-beltp, the levers being locked in position by stop-pins s or equivalent device, substantially as shown and described.

l EDWARD FRANKLIN.

Witnesses:

J. W. GROVER, J. B. MCKINNON. 

